News and Media: Disaster 4827

FEMA Individual Assistance may help you to recover from Tropical Storm Helene by providing money and direct services to cover uninsured or underinsured necessary expenses and serious needs. FEMA disaster assistance is not a substitute for insurance, and it cannot help with expenses covered by insurance or other sources.

Thousands of trees damaged by Tropical Storm Helene will be repurposed under a North Carolina project developed through Interagency Recovery Coordination (IRC), a team of federal, state and local government, non-profits and faith-based organizations. More than 320,000 pounds of wood has already been removed.

Local community officials are required to inspect disaster-damaged structures to complete substantial damage assessments in the Special Flood Hazard Area to meet the requirements of North Carolina Building Code and community floodplain regulations.

The Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Charlotte will close permanently 7 p.m. Nov. 15, though North Carolinians still have many options for in-person help at the other 24 open DRC locations throughout the state.

As of Nov. 7, more than 55,000 flood loss claims have been reported to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) from Hurricane Helene. The program has paid approximately $830 million in claim payments to policyholders.